SUPERANNUATION.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 125, 19 February 1908, Page 7

SUPERANNUATION.

MOVEMENT BY THE/POLICE' pORCE.,;, 1 THE BALLOT. , ■ A meeting of polico 'w as; held; at; the' Lanibi ton Quay Police Station last night;for-,the purpose of considering the pestion ofVwhethor the Force should come in under the Civil'Se'r-. vico Superannuation ;;^ct: : ; of .'1007; : : ' -About forty members of the -Force'gathered- iii .'the' billiard room, Inspector Ellison^occupyingthe chair.; The following resolutions were carried unanimously:— (1) That tl'o Inspectoribo asked to request tho Commissioner to give further'; time ! for tlio ballot, and, failing that, that lie direct that all votes recorded before Marph ■ 2 arc informal, inasmuch as they are not recorded in compliance with tho Minister's directions. ; (2) That the police, of „Wollingtpn agroo. to subscribe towards , obtaining 'independent legal advice in ' regard to tlio now Act'as applied to tho mombors of tho Polico Force. (3) That tho following.committee, be appointed to attend to-rill matters of detail in obtaining the best information bearing, upon ■ the question at issue, and taking any'needs-' . sary action iii respect to .the same ;—ChiefDetective M'Grath, Detective Broberg, Sergoaiit Dart, Sergeant'M'Guiro,; Constables Stowart, Bailey and Gallagher.; ( ': ' (4) That wo apply for information in ro : gard to the method of taking tho;ballot, and as to who is to bo scrutineer or returning ofli- ' cor in counting votes and deciding as to whether any votes are informal. •